Laudakia cypriaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Laudakia
Species: Laudakia cypriaca

Laudakia cypriaca (Daan, 1967)

Holotype: BMNH 1930.10.5.6, ♂, collected by R.L. Cheverton in 1930.
Type locality: “Limassol, Cyprus”.
Paratypes (9): BMNH 1930.3.12.4, ♂, 1930.3.12.5, ♀, and 1930.3.12.7, ♂, same data as the holotype; RMNH no number, ♀, from “Nikosia”, collected by W.J. Roosdorp on 24 August 1952; ZMA 13073, ♀, from “Nikosia”, collected by H. Schnurrenberger in 1962; LA R 1010, ♂, and 1012, juv., from “Nikosia”, collected by Monniot in 1962; LA R 1009, ♂, from “Salamis”, collected by Biguet in 1962; and LA R 1011, juv., from “Temple of Vouni”, collected by Monniot in 1962.

Agama stellio cypriaca Daan, 1967: 129 [original combination, as subspecies]
Laudakia stellio cypriaca — Göçmen, Tosunoğlu & Taşkavak, 2003: 26 [subsequent combination]
Stellagama stellio cypriaca — Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Böhme, 2012: 225 [subsequent combination]
Laudakia cypriaca — Karameta et al., 2022: 212 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Daan, S. 1967. Variation and taxonomy of the Hardun Agama stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Agamidae). Beaufortia 14(172): 109–134. PDF Reference page.
Göçmen, B., Tosunoğlu , M. & Taşkavak, E. 2003. A taxonomic comparison of the Hardun, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia, Agamidae), populations of southern Turkey (Hatay) and Cyprus. Zoology of the Middle East 28(1): 25–32. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2003.10637953 Reference page.
Baig, K.J., Wagner, P., Ananjeva, N.B. & Böhme, W. 2012. A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae). Vertebrate Zoology 62(2): 213–260. PDF Reference page.
Karameta, E., Lymberakis, P., Grillitsch, H., Ilgaz, Ç., Avcı, A., Kumlutaş, Y., Candan, K., Wagner, P., Sfenthourakis, S., Pafilis, P. & Poulakakis, N. 2022. The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(1): 195–219. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab107 Reference page.

English: Cyprus Rock Agama